A Warning

Brilliant,,,,,well done!! how dare!!! they mess with "Gransnetters" (or Gransnetters mum's)!! would like to shove the Dyson ***** and say to him "Hows that!! for a sevice"!! grrrrrr....... well done to all...

Brilliant news we should have a door sign made to state that "you scammers will get nowhere with us GNers are on your case" well done to you and your lovely neighbour and the very helpful Police in your area they deserve a

this is brilliant so glad someone it sorting out scum like these that target elderly and vulnerable people

Brilliant! I do like a bit of baddies getting comeuppance!

Good news -

Good news! [flowers} for you & your mum!

Great result! X

High five! Gracenan You have the result you deserve.

That is such good news, you had lots of support and hopefully this company will no longer be able to prey on vunerable people.

Really good news, Gracesgran! Well done to all involved.

Today was the day the scammer was due to call on my Mum. Yesterday there was a knock on the door and it was our local police checking that I was OK with the whole thing, making sure I had the numbers for Trading Standards and to offer me advice on Mum staying safe. No sooner had he left than the phone rang and it was the police woman who covers Mum’s area again offering help and reassurance. This morning came and I got over to Mum’s for 9.00 a.m., ready to send the chap on his way when he arrived between 10.00 a.m. and 11.00 a.m. Time passed and several cups of tea later the engineer still hadn’t arrived. I decided he wasn’t coming and I would go home. Before I did I explained to Mum’s neighbour what was going on. She was horrified and said they would keep a look out. I said I had hoped to find out which company he worked for and the police had asked for the vehicle licence number if I could get it. Off I went and, as I arrived back home and was walking through the door the phone was ringing; it was the next door neighbour. The man had arrived about 15 minutes after I had gone – about an hour late for the appointment – and she had dashed out. She got his name and the company details and said we were very concerned about the appointment. He said he knew nothing about this and only went where he was told to go. The lovely neighbour then followed him down to his van and took the number. She was very kind – Mum didn’t even have to come to the door – and very brave.
I rang the police to update them and then the Trading Standards people. I couldn’t talk to the person “dealing” with this as he was tied up but I noticed how excited the two people I did talk to sounded. Within five minutes the right chap called back. I started to give him the information and could hear his excitement too. He thanked me and said they had been having complaints about these people for some time but because of the type of people they scammed and the way they did it they had no details of the company. They would now be contacting them to deal with it and, if they didn’t stop, they would be prosecuted.
So hopefully, thanks to the help of a lovely neighbour, we may have achieved something good today!

Frida must come too.
She will be able to tell him where to go!!!!!!!.....

Wasn't my idea! [sneaky emoticon] Don't blame me!

...as if!

Just as I thought, soop, and then casting nasturtiums on us two!

Anagram I was thinking saucily.

Would we EVER say or do anything out of order?[innocent emoticon]

soop, I was only implying that the granddads would be breathless because they are of a certain age and shouldn't really be rushing! I don't know what you thought I meant!

Anagram and jeni ...nellie's reputation is at stake here. Better watch what we say. Would hate any nice young man - in or out of uniform, to get the right wrong impression. As for that dog...his reputation goes behind him!

In uniform?

Certainly breathless.....

Ella nellie would only have to whistle...and the granddads would rally to her call, all pink cheeked and breathless with anticipation.

nellie and Donald should do the job nicely.

Maybe we should rustle up a few granddads, they'd see him off! Perhaps nellie can persuade them